China Weather Network News Since the middle of June, the precipitation in Guizhou has remained relatively low, with varying degrees in many places Meteorological drought Nearly one million people have difficulty drinking water. At present, the orange drought warning in Guizhou Province is in effect. It is expected that most of Guizhou will continue to have sunny, hot and rainless weather in the next week, and the drought is still difficult to alleviate.

More than one million people in 78 counties and cities in Guizhou have difficulty drinking
On July 27, villagers of Xiaopingzhai Group, Tongxin Village, Yumo Town, Jinsha County were queuing up to receive drinking water distributed by the local town government. (Xinhua News Agency)

Since June 11, the precipitation in Guizhou has remained relatively low, and the drought has gradually developed. Drought monitoring by Guizhou Meteorological Observatory showed that as of August 28, 78 counties (cities and districts) in the province had experienced varying degrees of meteorological drought, including 29 counties suffering from severe drought and 9 counties suffering from extreme drought.

More than one million people in 78 counties and cities in Guizhou have difficulty drinking
On July 27, Jinsha Lei Degang, a villager in Jinba Village, Yumo Town, told reporters that all the rice fields planted by his family had been cut off. (Xinhua News Agency)

According to the Chinese government website, up to now, nearly 1.1 million people across the province have difficulty drinking water due to drought, and 1.03 million people need living assistance. According to Xinhuanet, the Emergency Response Office of Guizhou Provincial People's Government learned on July 26 that as of July 25, the disaster area of crops in Guizhou was 541200 hectares, the disaster area was 298500 hectares, and the revenue was 87900 hectares.

In response, the Guizhou Provincial Meteorological Station issued the first orange drought warning of this year on the 23rd, and launched the drought IV emergency response on the 25th. The Department of Civil Affairs of Guizhou Province also upgraded the provincial emergency response to natural disasters to Level III on the 25th, and issued the Emergency Notice on Practicing the Current Drought Relief Work.

On the 28th, the provincial meteorological station continued to issue an orange drought warning signal. It is expected that in the coming week, most parts of Guizhou will remain sunny, hot and rainy, and drought prevention and disaster reduction cannot be relaxed.